Lima, Peru, Jan 17, 2018 / 16:38 pm
Last weekend, just days before Pope Francis' visit to Peru, a fire was set that damaged part of Cristo del Pacifico, a 120 foot tall statue located in Lima, the nation's capital.
According to RPP News, five fire department units responded and put out the fire Jan. 13, which caused noticeable smoke damage to the back part the the statue.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Incendiaron el Cristo del Pacífico o "Cristo de lo Robado", no sufrió daños de consideración. <a href="https://t.co/85fqMbN0nf">pic.twitter.com/85fqMbN0nf</a></p>— Mona Paredes (@monaparedes) <a href="https://twitter.com/monaparedes/status/952148963485978624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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"So far the motive leading to the incident is unknown; but the theory has come up that this may have been done because of Pope Francis's upcoming visit," RPP stated.